Here are some of the books I have that might be of use to you:
Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment. NY: Knopf, 1975.
**Find this on our library cart. This is a seminal text on the interpretation of fairy tales. Very Freudian. Interesting chapters on H and G, Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella.
von Franz, Marie-Louise. The Interpretation of Fairy Tales. Boston: Shambhala, 1996.
Might be a bit more scholarly and intense than you're looking for, but there is a good chapter on a method of psychological interpretation.
Zipes, Jack. Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion. NY: Routledge, 2006.
Good chapters on "Perrault and the Subversive Role of Women Writers," The Brothers Grimm, and Disney. Actually, all good chapters. Worth a look.
Zipes, Jack. Why Fairy Tales Stick. NY: Routledge, 2006.
Try especially chapters 2, 3, 4, and 6. [Freya, there's a good chapter on H and G.]
Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment. NY: Knopf, 1975.
**Find this on our library cart. This is a seminal text on the interpretation of fairy tales. Very Freudian. Interesting chapters on H and G, Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella.
von Franz, Marie-Louise. The Interpretation of Fairy Tales. Boston: Shambhala, 1996.
Might be a bit more scholarly and intense than you're looking for, but there is a good chapter on a method of psychological interpretation.
Zipes, Jack. Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion. NY: Routledge, 2006.
Good chapters on "Perrault and the Subversive Role of Women Writers," The Brothers Grimm, and Disney. Actually, all good chapters. Worth a look.
Zipes, Jack. Why Fairy Tales Stick. NY: Routledge, 2006.
Try especially chapters 2, 3, 4, and 6. [Freya, there's a good chapter on H and G.]